It's more common than ever for games to start out in early access before launching fully. But, gamers are pretty savvy, and some have noticed Warcraft-inspired RTS game Stormgate will be leaving early access in version 0.6. Now, I may have only gotten a B in my maths A-level, but that's less than 1.0, something others have pointed out, too.
As reported by our friends over at PC Gamer, Stormgate developer Frost Giant Studios is going to be launching the game's single-player campaign on August 5, 2025, and leaving Steam early access. Traditionally, the launch version of a game is labeled 1.0 or higher, due to day-one patches and last-minute hotfixes.
To avoid this confusion going forward, Stormgate will "drop the numbered system and instead stick with our release codenames inspired by RTS units, which we still use internally to this day. We think they’re fun, and we want to continue sharing these with our community—some are obscure and we enjoy the community discussion they spark."
Honestly, this sounds even more confusing to me, especially since two of the four core pillars of the game the devs outlined previously – campaign, co-op, competitive, and custom games – still aren't ready. This launch will just contain a campaign and 1v1 mode.
A previous version of this article erroneously attributed the $35 million to crowdfunding alone. This has since been corrected, but the rest of the article remains as initially published.
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